Lifting Weights

How to Become a Better Human with Ryan Munsey – Episode 228

In this episode of the #RenegadeRadioPodcast we explore how to do better and be better with Ryan Munsey of The Better Human Project. Ryan is a high performance consultant helping athletes and entrepreneurs optimize their mind and body so they can make a bigger impact on the world. He shares inspiring stories of people from all walks of life and provides you with tools you need to become better. He encourages and empowers people to give back in an effort to improve our communities. Ryan explains how he got into bodybuilding and nutrition. We discuss his transition from a gym… continue reading.

Drop the Deadlift?

If the deadlift is the best muscle building exercise on the planet why do many successful strength and conditioning coaches not use the movement with their athletes? The reason is simple; the deadlift takes too much out of you and is very hard to recover from. When you have an athlete who also needs to be implementing speed work, conditioning and sport specific drills on a regular basis you can’t afford to compromise his recovery ability to such an extreme level. A hard deadlift session will usually leave him slower, less explosive and with a general, overall feeling of fatigue… continue reading.